Insulator.



J. N. FoUTz. INSULATOR.

APPLICATION FILED DEO. 21, 1911.

Patented Oct. 29, 1912.

JEREMIAH N. FOUTZ, 0F ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA.

INSULATOR.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 29, 1912.

Application led December 21, 1911. Serial No. 667,061.

Tc all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEREMIAH N. F oU'rz, a citizen of the United States, residing at Anaheim, inthe county of'V Orange, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Insulators; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact-,description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled/iin the artto which it appertains to make and use the same. f

This invent-ion relates to improvements in insulators, and has for its object to provide a device of this character wherein the wire may be easily and eflectually connected` thereto and removed therefrom.

A further object of the invention is to so construct the same that it maybe quicklyattached to and removed from the pole arm, or other support.

W'ith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construct-ion, combinationv and arrangements of parts as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of thedevice showing the same applied to a portion of a pole arm. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of a portion of the same. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the insulator. Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken at right angles to Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the body of the insulator the same being formed preferably from glass, l

it being of course understood that any other suitable material may be employed.

Protruding from the under side of the body 1 is a threaded flange 2, said flange being adapted for detachable 'connection with the threaded metallic sleeve 3. The sleeve 3 has an opening 4 formed in thebottom thereof,` thus producing a flange 5, said 8, and through which is passed a screw 9, l

said screw being for the purpose of firmly forcing the disk 7 against the flange 5, thus secure y holding the sleeve 3 upon the arm 6.

A transverse groove 10 is formed in the body 1, and has one of its walls formed with a concaved recess 11, and its other wall with a downwardly inclined shoulder 12, said shoulder being of such thickness as to pro# ject a short distance within the recess 11, the base 13 of the shoulder 12 being spaced slightly above the base of the groove 10. Both ends of the base`of the groove 10 open into the annular groove 14 formed in the body 1, so that the conductor wire 15 may be bent at right angles to the groove l0 and seated partially within the groove 14, or

the conductor wire may be wound com-v pletely around the body port-ion and inthe groove 14, thus permitting the wire 15 to extend at right angles to the groove 10, or

vthe same may be bent upon itself when it is desired to string a wire to a branch office or the like. From this construction it will be seen that the conductor wire 15 may be forced against the shoulder 12, said shoulder in turn forcing the wirey intothe recess 11 until the same passes from the shoulder, whereupon it will then engage under the base of the shoulder and upon thel base of having threads formed therein, a flangeformed in the bottom thereof, a disk having a vcentral perforation, said disk being adapted to rest upon 'the flange, a screw passing vthrough the perforations of the disk and in lthe groove 10. When it is desired to remove engagement with the support for firmly holding the sleeve upon the su port, saidl threaded flange being adapted or detachable connection with said sleeve.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

J EREMIAH N. FOUTZ.

Witnesses:

Trios. V. DUNN, JOHN'W. BODENMANN. 

